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Waves V12 Plugins now allow you to resize your plugins to view them, no matter how large or small they are. You can choose from five sizes of the GUI – up to 200% of the original plugin size. You can also set up different default sizes for each plugin so that they open in whatever size you prefer. Now you can more easily view and customize plugins, increase screen real estate and improve performance.
Waves Audio, the world’s leading developer of professional audio processing technologies and a leading manufacturer of audio plug-ins for mixing, music production, mastering, sound design, broadcasting, post-production and live sound, announces the release of V12 (version 12), a new version of Waves plug-ins.
With the V12, you can also instantly find and listen to presets using the new lightning-fast Preset Browser. Now you can easily find the perfect preset for your tracks. No need to manually browse through preset menus and submenus – now you can search for presets by text, filter by name, and quickly listen to different presets on the go as a track is playing.
Upgrading your plugins to V12 will help you prepare your sessions for the future and ensure that your Waves plugins remain fully compatible with the latest operating system and DAW. This way, you can stop worrying about the technical details and focus on what matters most – the creative process.
Waves Audio invests significant effort and software development resources to ensure that the plug-ins that users have invested in, whether recently or twenty years ago, always remain compatible with all the latest major DAWs and operating systems. V12 is the latest in Waves’ current update, allowing users to continually focus on what’s important: making better music and audio.
December 20, 2020
All Waves SoundGrid applications, firmware and drivers: Across-the-board software update to V12:
New: SoundGrid QRec v12.2.0.155: A simplified SoundGrid host for connecting your Mac / PC to a SoundGrid I / O or network. QRec allows you to record live shows from a SoundGrid I / O card to a DAW, perform virtual soundcheck from a DAW, or use any SoundGrid I / O as an interface for studio recording and playback.
Updated: StudioRack v12.4.0.157
New: Internal sidechain – An additional routing menu is now available in plugins with sidechaining ability, making it possible to receive internal sidechain sources from within StudioRack.
Fixed: When two instances of the same plugin were inserted into a StudioRack parallel or multiband processing rack, and automation was recorded for the same parameter in both plugin instances, a bug caused both automation lanes in the DAW to show only the first automation, making it impossible to modify the second automation lane independently. This bug is now fixed.
StudioRack SoundGrid Processing Mode – Bug Fixes:
Fixed: DAW crashing when SoundGrid Processing mode is switched during play.
Fixed: Logic crashing when sample rate is changed while StudioRack is inserted.
Updated: SoundGrid Studio v12.4.0.150
New: 32 colors for customized track color coding via a preset menu.
Fixed: Issues when a second logged-in user loads SoundGrid Studio on the same Mac as the first user.
Fixed: Auto Config not patching DiGiGrid DLI / DLS in SGP mode.
Fixed: Bug causing plugin location to change once GUI is re-opened.
Fixed: Bug causing selected Control Room outputs not to be visible on the GUI.
Fixed: Bug causing SoundGrid Studio to crash when presets are changed in MultiMod Rack.
Fixed: Various issues related to I / O sharing and driver sharing.
Updated: SuperRack v12.2.0.155
New: Support for Waves v12 plugin resizing when a plugin is undocked.
New: Support for the Waves v12 plugin preset browser feature.
New: System-wide device sharing management persistence protocol.
New: Support for SoundGrid driver sharing between systems.
New: Addition of rack presets designed for Commercial Audio use cases.
Fixed: Crashes with the following plugins: Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain, API 550A, CLA MixHub, MultiMod Rack, Scheps Omni Channel, WLM Plus Loudness Meter.
Fixed: Buffer size settings on SoundGrid drivers and servers now work well together without stopping audio events.
Fixed: Miscellaneous bug fixes related to the Hot Plugin panel, floating plugin windows, integration with DiGiCo consoles, and more.
Updated: eMotion LV1 v12.3.0.155
New: Support for Waves v12 plugin resizing when a plugin is undocked.
New: Support for the Waves v12 plugin preset browser feature.
New: 32 colors for customized track color coding.
New: Presets by top FOH Engineers Ken “Pooch” Van Druten, Will Madera, Eran Ben Zur.
New: Preamp / Local mode control in the Mixer windows, Input Mode.
New: System-wide device sharing management persistence protocol.
Fixed: Application freeze in I / O sharing setups, when editing the Setup> Inventory tab settings.
Fixed: Bug in the ALL layer, causing channel selection from the mixer’s fader area not to work.
Fixed: Firmware update loop issue.
Fixed: Bug causing Device name not to saved or recalled properly.
Fixed: After updating I / O firmware, users may be asked to perform another update and power cycle.
Updated: FIT Controller Support
New: Improved workflow for controlling Aux Fader Flip options.
Fixed: Standalone mode bugs.Fixed: Spill mode assignment bug.
Updated: SoundGrid Driver (ASIO / Core Audio) 12.2.0.130 (included in SoundGrid Studio, eMotion LV1, SuperRack ,, and QRec).
Updated: SoundGrid server firmware 12.2.0.112 (included in SoundGrid Studio, eMotion LV1, and SuperRack).
Updated: All SoundGrid I / O firmware and control panels v12.x
- All launches of installations, kijens, patches are done on behalf of the administrator with any installation and activation. Nowhere and no folders from where / where the installation will be carried out along the entire path, at the entire address, should not contain Cyrillic characters (exceptions are system folders of the Users type). Also, the computer name and account must be in Latin. You must be on the system with administrator rights. In the system for these plugins, you must have Microsoft Visual C ++ 2005-2008-2010-2012-2013-2015-2017 installed, as well as .NET Framework. No need to create nesting dolls from 15 folders and download there. Due to the long file / folder names, there will be an error during installation. Download to the root of the disk.
Remove the previous version. Clear the system of all remaining folders and all registry entries.
(C: \ Program Files \ Common Files \ VST3 – WaveShell1-VST3 …
C: \ Program Files \ VSTPlugins – WaveShell1-VST …
C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Common Files \ VST3 – WaveShell1-VST3. ..
C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Common Files – WPAPI
C: \ Program Files (x86) \ VstPlugins – WaveShell1-VST …
C: \ Program Files (x86) – Waves, Waves Central
C: \ Users \ NAME \ – .Waves Central
C: \ Users \ NAME \ AppData \ Local – Waves Audio
C: \ Users \ NAME \ AppData \ Roaming – Waves Audio
C: \ Users \ Public – Waves Audio)
- Install Install_Waves_Central.exe
- Run it c: \ Program Files \ Waves Central \ Waves Central.exe
- Click Offline Installer, then on Browse under the line Install from an Offline installer and select the DISTRIBUTION folder: \ WC.VERSION NUMBER \ WIN \ Waves
- Select the desired plugins from the list except for any libraries (where there will be labels opposite – SD or HD should be gray, not highlighted in blue) and click the Install button in the right part of the window. 5. After the installation is complete, copy the WavesLicenseEngine.bundle file from the distribution with replacement to C: \ ProgramData \ Waves Audio \ Modules Recommended list of plugins for installation: StudioRack, Abbey Road Collection, Abbey Road Studio 3, Mercury, SSL 4000 Collection, OVox Vocal ReSynthesis , Content Creator Audio Toolkit, DTS Neural ™ Surround Collection, NX.bundle and Clavinet.bundle Tools
Electric88.bundle
Electric200.bundle
Flow Motion.bundle
GrandRhapsody.bundle
Bass Slapper.bundle Instrument
libraries download separately. When choosing what to install, libraries are not selected unless you plan to use the tools. If you plan and want the libraries to be installed immediately along with the plug-ins, then the downloaded Instrument Data folder with them before installation must be placed in … Distribution \ Waves.12.Complete.vXXXX \ Waves \ Installers \ V12, and in this case their to be noted in Wave Central.
If only WaveShell is displayed in FL
In the FL Plugin Manager, add one more additional folder with VST plugins along the path C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Waves \ Plug-Ins V12, then force-rescan the plugins.
During installation, an error appears “sorry an error has occurred during installation”
Delete folder cash (DISTRIBUTION \ Waves – 12 Complete vXXX \ Data \ cache)
MAC OS HIGH SIERRA, Catalina
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
First , Uninstall ALL previous versions of Waves. Preferences, AUs. (Waves Central has an Uninstaller – works fine).
STEP 1: Install Install_Waves_Central.dmg, then run it (is placed in the apps folder), once u run it, close it without try to install anything.
STEP 2: Restart your mac.
STEP 3: Move the install.cen file AND the ‘Data’ folder to: Users / yourname / public / WavesOfflineInstallers folder
STEP 4: Run Waves Central from Applications folder. Turn the internet off first!
STEP 5: Select Continue Offline.
STEP 6: Select Browse.
STEP 7: The Waves Center should default point to the Waves Offline Installers folder in STEP 3, if not, browse to the Users / yourname / public / WavesOfflineInstallers folder directory.
STEP 8: CLICK OPEN.
STEP 9: Select the desired products / bundles (tick the square next to ‘Mac’ and it installs everything) then click Install.
STEP 10: RESTART YOUR MAC.
STEP 11: Run WavesLicenseEngine (Patch folder).
STEP 12: Run ALL Waves AU Reg Utility files in: Applications> Waves> WaveShells V12